UN agencies call for urgent humanitarian access to prevent hungers

WFP's beneficiaries unload food items from vehicles at an unidentified distribution point (Photo: Supplied)

Dec 23, 2020(SSNN) ā€” Three United Nations organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudanā€™s Jonglei State and Pibor Administrative Area, where people have run out of food and are facing terrible levels of hunger. This call came following a new report of Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on FridayĀ which put South Sudan on heightened […]

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South Sudan forecasted among Global Hunger Hotspots in 2020

WFP's beneficiaries unload food items from vehicles at an unidentified distribution point (Photo: Supplied)

January 2nd, 2020 (SSNN)ā€”A new analysis released by the World Food Program has ranked South Sudan as one of the sub-Saharan countries most likely to be affected by extreme hunger in 2020. ā€œEscalating hunger needs in sub-Saharan Africa dominate a World Food Programme (WFP) analysis of global hunger hotspots in the first half of 2020 with millions of people requiring […]

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EU Announces $ 10.4 million In Aid For South Sudan

Displaced women and children under a hot sun in South Sudanā€™s Maban County, where food shortages are causing tension. Ā© UNHCR/P.Rulashe

Oct 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The European Union (EU) pledges to provide US$10.4 million (ā‚¬9.5 million) in humanitarian funding to the United Nationsā€™ World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan to provide food and nutrition support to tens of thousands of people as hunger persists in the country. The contribution will provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance to more than 700,000 vulnerable […]

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